US4706582A - Planting device for plants - Google Patents

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US4706582A
US4706582A US06/820,321 US82032186A US4706582A US 4706582 A US4706582 A US 4706582A US 82032186 A US82032186 A US 82032186A US 4706582 A US4706582 A US 4706582A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C5/00—Making or covering furrows or holes for sowing, planting or manuring
    • A01C5/02—Hand tools for making holes for sowing, planting or manuring

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  • a planting device for plants which comprises a frame tube, at its bottom end a stationary jaw, and a pivoting jaw mounted in contact with the stationary jaw, the said jaws constituting a blade to be pressed into the ground.
  • the pivoting jaw is connected with a foot lever, by whose depression the blade pushed into the ground is opened and a planting recess is formed in the ground.
  • the plant to be planted is dropped through the open mouth of the tube into the planting pit.
  • the planting device is further provided with a catch and discharge device for keeping the pivoting jaw open and for its releasing back to the closed position.
  • the catch and discharge device includes a hook member operating by means of the force of a spring, which said hook member locks the opened pivoting jaw in the open position and which can be released by the intermediate of a discharge rod connected with the hook member and extending to the top portion of the tube.
  • the hook member is mounted on the tube, and it is pressed against the pivoting jaw by a spiral spring fitted around the journalling pin.
  • the hook member is provided with a notch, and the pivoting jaw with a counter-piece for the said notch.
  • the planting tube includes a spring, by means of which the pivoting jaw is closed.
  • the spring is a draw spring fitted between the foot lever and the tube.
  • a drawback of this device is the relatively high force required for releasing the pivoting jaw, owing to the friction in the catch mechanism.
  • a modification of the tube described above is also known, in which the hook member is mounted on the pivoting jaw and the counter-piece for the notch on the hook member is placed in the top portion of the tube. By in this way placing a part of the catch and discharge device in the top portion of the tube, it has been possible to reduce the damage caused by brushwood and rocks on the mechanism.
  • This device also involves the drawback of the high force required for releasing the pivoting jaw.
  • the object of the present invention is above all to provide a planting tube in which the releasing of the pivoting jaw is easier than in the prior-art planting tubes.
  • the planting device comprises a frame tube, a stationary jaw, a pivoting jaw, and a catch and discharge device.
  • the most essential feature is that the catch and discharge device related to the pivoting jaw is provided with a trigger lever, whose extreme positions correspond to the open and closed positions of the jaw, and that, by means of the spring closing the jaw, the trigger lever--and, thus, at the same time also the jaw--can be locked in its open or closed position.
  • the trigger lever may be placed on the pivoting jaw, on the foot lever, or on the frame tube.
  • the trigger lever is, however, placed best by mounting it on the tube at its top end. At one end of the lever, a rod is linked whose opposite end is linked on the pivoting jaw or on the foot lever.
  • the closing spring for the jaw is preferably a draw spring, one of whose ends is attached to the rod whereas the other end of the spring is attached to the tube.
  • FIG. 1a shows the planting tube with the jaws closed
  • FIG. 1b shows the same tube with the jaws open.
  • FIG. 2 shows a detailed view taken along line A--A of FIG. 1b.
  • FIGS. 3-5 show alternative embodiments of the planting tube according to the present invention.
  • the main parts of the planting tube are the frame tube 1, the blade part 2, and the catch and releasing device 3.
  • the stationary jaw 6 is fixed as an extension of the bottom portion of the tube at the side of the tube where the handle 5 is, i.e. at the rear side. Its shape is that of a wedge-shaped piece cut off out of a cylinder face, the tip being directed downwards. A different shape may also be concerned very well, depending on the desired shape of the planting pit or on the nature of the soil.
  • the pivoting jaw 7 is attached, whose shape corresponds to the shape of the stationary jaw 6.
  • the jaws are placed so that, when in the closed position, they form a wedge-shaped blade.
  • an opening corresponding to the diameter of the tube is formed.
  • the shape of the rod 11 is curved, and its top end is mounted by means of a fork 17 on the front branch of the trigger lever 12, and the bottom end by means of a fork 18 on the foot lever 8 at the rear side of the tube.
  • the bottom end of the spring 13 is attached to the rod 11, and the top end to an ear 15 on the tube.
  • the spring 13 attempts to pull the rod 11 upwards and, in this way, to close the jaws 6 and 7 of the blade and, at the same time, to lock the lever 12 at either one of its extreme positions.
  • the rod 11, the trigger lever 12, and the limiter 14 are dimensioned and placed in such a way that, when the trigger lever rests on the limiter, the pivoting jaw 7 is open over a distance equalling the width of the planting pit. By changing the length of the rod, it is possible to adjust the width of the opening. For this purpose, there are adjusting threadings 19 and nuts 20 at both ends of the rod, by means of which the rod is fitted into the holes in the attaching forks 17 and 18.
  • the spring may also be chosen and located in different ways.
  • a projecting limiter 16 of the planting depth which may also be used as a pedal when the tube is pushed into the ground.
  • the limiter 16 is displaceable in the vertical direction. In this way, it is possible to adjust the depth of the planting pit.
  • the tube When plants are being planted, the tube is pressed into the ground with the blade closed (FIG. 1a). Once the blade has been pressed into the desired depth, the foot lever 8 is depressed until the pivoting jaw 7 is open (FIG. 1b). Thereby the spring 13 locks the trigger lever in the rear extreme position against the limiter 14. In this way, the pivoting jaw 7 is locked in the open position, and the plant can be dropped through the tube into the planting pit.
  • the tube is lifted up and, if necessary, the soil is compacted around the plant.
  • the lever is returned by means of the spring 13 to its front extreme position, and the jaw 7 is closed.

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US5622122A (en) * 1996-01-16 1997-04-22 Adair; Newell Garden tool for planting plants
US5924369A (en) * 1995-08-01 1999-07-20 Hatcher; Curtis I. Tool for planting seeds, bulbs, and plants
US6138589A (en) * 1998-08-13 2000-10-31 Hound Dog Products, Inc. Bulb planting device
US6659028B1 (en) 2002-06-18 2003-12-09 Robert Lee Hatfield Planting device having adjustable handle
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US5052314A (en) * 1989-05-18 1991-10-01 Sandvik Ab Planting tube
US5471939A (en) * 1993-08-12 1995-12-05 Lingh A. Chancey Handheld mechanical device to plant seed
US5924369A (en) * 1995-08-01 1999-07-20 Hatcher; Curtis I. Tool for planting seeds, bulbs, and plants
US5622122A (en) * 1996-01-16 1997-04-22 Adair; Newell Garden tool for planting plants
US6138589A (en) * 1998-08-13 2000-10-31 Hound Dog Products, Inc. Bulb planting device
US6659028B1 (en) 2002-06-18 2003-12-09 Robert Lee Hatfield Planting device having adjustable handle
US6698526B1 (en) * 2002-09-16 2004-03-02 Jon Aril Mathisen Weed-gripping pry tool
US6966269B2 (en) 2002-12-18 2005-11-22 Brian Sawatzky Multi-purpose garden tool
US20050104395A1 (en) * 2003-11-13 2005-05-19 Hsu Shih H. Agricultural device having changeable tools
US20090294143A1 (en) * 2008-05-27 2009-12-03 Nolan Eugene Walker Perfect planting tool
US7673698B2 (en) * 2008-05-27 2010-03-09 Nolan Eugene Walker Perfect planting tool
US8714275B1 (en) 2010-04-26 2014-05-06 Yeow Ng Turf aerator
RU2514755C2 (ru) * 2012-08-24 2014-05-10 Криушков Лев Сергеевич Ручная сеялка для семян растений
CN103283352A (zh) * 2013-06-24 2013-09-11 汪定初 种子点播插
CN103283352B (zh) * 2013-06-24 2015-09-16 汪定初 种子点播锸
US20200077575A1 (en) * 2017-02-23 2020-03-12 Cixi Huazhijie Plastic Product Co., Ltd. Seedling Transplanting Device
US10687459B2 (en) * 2017-02-23 2020-06-23 Cixi Huazhijie Plastic Product Co., Ltd. Seedling transplanting device
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RU182402U1 (ru) * 2018-03-29 2018-08-16 Анатолий Александрович Головин Сажалка сеянцев с закрытой корневой системой
US10897843B1 (en) * 2018-10-16 2021-01-26 Dennis Scryba Apparatus for planting seeds
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